CLEVELAND, Ohio --  The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced their 2019-20 All-District teams this week. A total of ten MAC student-athletes were honored on the District 14 first & second teams. In addition, Akron's John Groce was named the District 14 Coach of the Year.

MAC Player of the Year Loren Cristian Jackson (Akron) was joined on the All-District First Team by Buffalo's Jayvon Graves, Justin Turner from Bowling Green, Ball State's Tahjai Teague, and Eugene German from Northern Illinois.

The second team included Tyler Cheese and Xeyrius Williams of Akron, Marreon Jackson of Toledo, Ohio's Jason Preston, and David DiLeo from Central Michigan.  

About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas.  Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game.  The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches.  All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes.  The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education.  Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.

District 14
First Team
Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron
Justin Turner, Bowling Green
Eugene German, Northern Illinois
Tahjai Teague, Ball State
Jayvon Graves, Buffalo
 
Second Team
Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Jason Preston, Ohio
Tyler Cheese, Akron
David DiLeo, Central Michigan
Xeyrius Williams, Akron
 
Coach of the Year: John Groce, Akron